Teddy Bear Clothes?

Huh?
I know, not really something I know about.
In fact, it seems no one really does, or at least they don't share how to do it online.
My Google search for "how to make clothes for a bear" came up empty.

Thank goodness Zeke had some lion that happened to have a t-shirt on.

This all started when Amelia's school teacher asked if I could make a shirt for a bear she just got. Every year at this time she sends the kids home over the weekend with the bear. It sounds like the are suppose to take Joe (his name) everywhere. Pretty cute idea and very reminiscent of high school sex ed where they try to discourage you from getting pregnant by giving you a sack of flour to take care of.

Anyway, I said yes without really thinking it through.
Never really have made little little clothes before.
I got the bear and panicked.

But beginning able to steal Zeke's lion's shirt and tear it apart to make a pattern seemed to work well!

As I was making the shirt, totally felt like I was making Figgy's T For Two. I completely used all the techniques I learned from that pattern while making this!


I even put a size label in it that we got from Jana in our Sewing Summit Bag of Swag.


After I got the shirt on and jumped for joy that I actually made it work it felt wrong. The bear was pant-less and I don't know, it just wasn't right.

So drew a little sketch to remind myself what pants looked like in pattern form. Using half after the bears waist I cut them out from a pillow case from Ikea that just happen to have some denim looking stripe in it! Total score.
 



I'm thinking I was the teachers pet in school because I couldn't stop-I mean I did in some respect because I didn't make him the robe and second set of clothes I wanted to. Instead I made him a little bag following Jeni from In Color Order tutorial. Which, I didn't read the directions well on because I did the tie wrong. But it still turn out just fine and now he has a little carrying bag.




So look at me! I make bear clothes now!
Checkin' that one off my bucket list....
Just kidding.
Kind of.